Salil Tripathi writes on Bangladesh’s freedom of expression and the assault on three bloggers Lalmatia, Dhaka that lead to the death of Faisal Deepan, one of Avijit Roy’s publishers in Bangladesh. (October 2015)

Naomi Hossain on Bangladesh’s natural disasters that have shaped political consensus on development in the country. (January 2017)

In an article titled ‘Anti-politics of climate change‘, Development Sociologist Kasia Paprocki explores the depoliticisation of climate change and the historic reasons that made Bangladesh vulnerable to it. (November 2016)

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Looking back on Bhutan

As Bhutanese voters get ready to go to the polls on 18 October 2018 in what will be the young democracy’s third parliamentary elections, we take a look back at our extensive coverage of the Himalayan kingdom over the years.

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K SHESHU BABU, 12 March 2019

The ' paid' mainstream media is playing it's ' biased' part to perfection in raking up sentiments of patriotism and nationalism. While many fake repo...

The ' paid' mainstream media is playing it's ' biased' part to perfection in raking up sentiments of patriotism and nationalism. While many fake reports and one-sided discussions are being telecast/ broadcast as prime time programs, the questions arising on these debates are not being considered for discussion. When anyone tries to point out, the person is being shouted down as ' anti- national' or extremist. This is a bad phase of democracy and people are being forcefed by misinformation . As long as media is under the control and surveillance of the powers that be, hope of impartial information may be a mirage. Alternative methods of logical dissemination of information must be developed to make public aware of the fake news and appreciation of harsh realities. Time is running out .....